The novel ‘of Mice and Men’ was written by John Steinbeck published in 1937 in a place known as the Pacific Grove and Los ranch in California. John Steinbeck addresses a variety of themes in the novel such as power, seduction and hierarchy. Steinbeck had worked as a ranch hand himself that’s why he understood the types of people that were in it. Following the US Stock market in 1929 US experienced a period of depression known as the ‘Great Depression’ in 1930s America, to highlight how people lived and how the itinerant workers’ only option was short-term employment. The Depression lasted from 1929 to 1939 and was a result of the Wall Street Stock market Crash were most people lost money. Furthermore, there was a drought which resulted in California being referred to as the ‘Dusk Bowl’ of America. That was the era that hoardes of migrant workers came to California and ranches looking for work and because the work was temporary the ranches constantly on the move. The types of power that exist in the novella range from Physical to Seduction to Mental to Sexual to Loneliness and isolation. The importance of physical power is highlighted by the massive strength of Lennie who despite his limited intellect is valued for the amount of manual work he can in a day. Also, there’s the fight scene between Curley and Lennie which symbolic of the physical hierarchy in the world of the ranch workers. Seduction is also a major theme in the novel and is characterised by Curley’s wife throughout the novel. However, Mental is expressed in the novel by Lennie who has a feeble mind and also mental power emanates in the novel since, Lennie has no real mental power, he has immense strength and this can be seen as a form of power. Sexual power is exposed by Curley’s wife because she has the power of seduction to attract men on the ranch. By illustrating sexual positions and being keen on her appearance. Loneliness and isolation is present throughout the novel. Characters like Crooks,...

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...Of mice and men
Section B
Question 21
Part(a)
How does Steinbeck use details in this passage to present the bunkhouse and its inhabitants?
In the novel “Of Mice And Men”, Steinbeck presents the bunkhouse as being very hostile and unfriendly through the use of adjectives,”the walls were whitewashed and the floor unpainted”. This portrays the simple nature of the bunkhouse and it's only purpose: housing the ranch hands....

...Of Mice and Men
"O.K. Someday—we're gonna get the jack together and we're gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an' a cow and some pigs and—" "An' live off the fatta the lan'," Lennie shouted. ”An' have rabbits. Go on, George! Tell about what we're gonna have in the garden and about the rabbits in the cages and about the rain in the winter and the stove, and how thick the cream is on the milk like you can hardly cut it. Tell about that George." (119-123)...

...techniques and devices in the first chapter. Their relationship is shown in different ways through âOf Mice and Menâ, and is such, that George is protective and makes decisions to prevent Lennie coming to harm. Also, Steinbeckâs presentation of relationship between the two men changes through the novella as they attempt to fulfil their dream-The American Dream.
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...Question – Hopes and Dreams help people to survive, even if they can never be realised. Discuss this statement as it is explored by Steinbeck in Of Mice and Men.
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...Bookreport on „Of Mice and Men“
The novel „Of Men and Mice“ was published in 1937 and is written by John Steinbeck. The first
edition of the book has 107 pages and can be devided into six different sections. The novel plays
during the Great Depression, in California. The Author himself grew up in a fertile agricultural
valley about twentey-five miles from the Pacific Coast. The maine Charachters are two migrant
workers,...

...Summary- Of Mice and Men
Lennie and George are two very different men that you usually wouldn't see walking around together. Lennie,”a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child”, while George is “small and quick and dark of face.” Despite their differences, the two get along very fine. The dream they both hold is to live and own an acre of land and “a shack they can call their own,” and not to mention the rabbits!
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...Of Mice And Men
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...Of Mice and Men Draft
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